Star Wars in Soul Calibur IV

1UP reports: Soul Calibur and Star Wars fans gather 'round -- while haters grab a six pack of Haterade and their always-ready flamethrowers -- because Namco Bandai has finally released new info on the rumored secret characters set to appear in their highly-anticipated fighter, Soul Calibur IV, and 1UP has 'em first. In case you don't believe your eyes as they scan over these screenshots, you are indeed seeing the legendary purveyor of the Dark Side, Darth Vader, and his Force-wielding nemesis, Yoda.

As a person who abhors Star Wars (Except the games) and likes SC. ..I really don't know what to think of this one. At least for the cameos in SCII they all had a reason to be there and fit within the universe (Spawn and Heihachi moreso than Link) but WHAT!?

I get what you're saying, but suspension of disbelief only goes so far. So in other games the lightsaber has cut through robots, rocks, and ships but it'll magically not be able to slice through a sword?

This was already a must buy for me but now i think im gonna have to break in the store and get it the day before...Man those shots look awesome...I wonder how there gonna explain this one.. I loved Link and Spawn in the other versions Heihachi was Meh...Cant wait...

>KRATOS< or Nariko on PS3! bring back the system exclusive character's! MC with a covenant sword or brute hammer on 360! sorry for the fanboyish outburst but the possibilities of awesomeness are too much.

Awesome I think they should still do some exclusive to the console stuff too. Like someone said above Kratos for PS3 and everyone's favorite ninja Ryu for 360 with his weapon choice changing his move set. That would be awesome too.

Dude, exactly. There's no way I this can be real. Why not Hayato, or Strider, or just like fopums said (((((((Nariko))))))), (((((((Kratos)))))))? Yeah, this would essentially take the fanboy's excitement level going into hyper-twinturbo-uncut-Colombia n-*ice-mode. That's dangerous & just not possible.

Being a huge Star Wars fan and a pretty big SC fan, I really really dont know what to think of this. It just doesn't seem right for some reason. Vader vs Yoda matches would absolutely rock, but as someone else posted above it's just Vader on the PS3 and Yoda on the 360. Now, if they released a full on Star Wars SC, that would totally kick arse. Grievous is one of my fave character designs of all time and I'd love to get to grips with him in a good beat 'em up. (And damn you George Lucas for making him such a pansy in Ep.3)

I can't believe they put Star Wars characters in my favorite fighting game franchise. They might look cool, but they simply don't *fit, and they just don't belong in a SC game. Namco would be better off to do a dedicated Star Wars fighting game if that's what they really want to do. It's just plain silly, and would ruin the storyline and the character interaction. Just my 2 cents..........